Sleep paralysis (CLOSED) (CLOSED)

Who has never had sleep paralysis? Eyes open, something on top of you, a vain attempt to move and scream. The first ones are always the scariest, the secret is to move one of your fingers and gradually take control of your body as the images and sounds dissolve. I come to try to express this dark moment that many on our planet have already experienced. Tell me, have you ever had sleep paralysis?



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The creative process:


I created two mannequins, one female and one male, I did the rigging, and I created the pose in order to express the feeling of sleep paralysis. Then I started sculpting on top of the mannequins until I arrived at the result to represent the scene. 

''Sleep paralysis is a normal part of the REM sleep. However, it is considered to be a disorder when it occurs outside of REM sleep. It can occur in otherwise healthy people, as well as in those presenting symptoms of narcolepsy, cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations.
Sleep paralysis happens when you cannot move your muscles as you are waking up or falling asleep. This is because you are in sleep mode but your brain is active. It's not clear why sleep paralysis can happen but it has been linked with: insomnia''.
''Sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleeptalking and sleep paralysis are some of the behavioural manifestations associated with the partial arousals from sleep known as parasomnias a group of sleep disorders defined as undesirable physical events or experiences that occur during the initiation of sleep, during sleep or during arousal from sleep. Although more common in children, parasomnias can occur at any age.
During sleep, the brain cycles regularly between wakefulness, nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Nonrapid eye movement sleep is subdivided into four stages: stage I, a transitional stage between wake and sleep; stage II, which makes up most of the sleep period; and stages III and IV, which typically occur in the first half of the night and during which more profound stimulus is required to wake the sleeper. Parasomnias occur when transitions between these stages are blurred (commonly between stages III/IV and the awake state), causing behaviours that lack the complete awareness and mentation associated with wakefulness''.

In other words, it's all in your mind, as you think of the creature portrayed, it's a figure you associate with the uneasy discomfort.
Nice figurative expression in your work.

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